Video Game Timeline Task
1972
In 1972 the games company Atari created the first home gaming system, on this there was a game called pong. Pong revolutionized gaming and without it we wouldn't have any of the games we have today. This game is simply two paddles and a ball, you hit them back and forth like ping pong, it was originally going to be called ping pong but that was already copyrighted so they settles with pong.
1976
In 1976 the game Breakout was released by Atari, this game still goes on today on phones. It was founded by the Apple co founders Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak. It has the same paddle as pong but you have to break all the blocks with the ball. This was another incredibly simple yet addictive game that was loved.
1980
In 1980 Pac-Man was released, Pac-Man is still being made to this day in different themes and graphics. Pac-Man became one of the highest grossing games ever made overtaking space invaders and pong generating more than $2.5 Billion in quarters by the 1990's. Pac-Man was so popular that people started making bootleg copies and Pac-Man became one of the most recognized characters in the world. Pac-Man was a giant leap for video game history.
1981
In 1981 Donkey Kong was released, It became one of the top selling games of the early 80's and is still going strong today. The aim was that you were 'Jump Man' who became Mario later on to save a girl called Pauline who later became princess peach. You must simply climb up and dodge barrels but it was difficult to do. There are now many versions of Donkey Kong with many random characters that people have made up.
1985
In 1985 Super Mario Bros was released, it sold 10 million copies before years end eventually being the top selling game since 2008 with 40 million copies sold. It became the most played game in history and made a bigger mark than Pac-Man. You would run through a world filled with hazards and avoid getting hit and try to save the princess, but it was suitable for all ages and is still having new versions with better graphics released to this day. It was also one of the first games to introduce power ups.
1986
In 1986 The Legend Of Zelda was released and was a fantasy adventure based on a character called Link, like Mario the aim was to rescue the princess at the end. There were various puzzles in between so it really opened the game up to more possibilities and was showing signs of a game that could many different things to do in. The Legend Of Zelda still goes to this day and altogether has sold 67.93 million copies.
1987
In 1987 Metal Gear was released and was one of the first stealth genres in gaming, it was about a spy called Solid Snake, it was a dark game but was showing a new theme in graphics and overall gaming, it also has a health bar which was rare in games then. It was overall a successful game and had many sequels made, they are even making one right now.
1991
In 1991 Sonic The Hedgehog was released and became famous enough to have sequels made to this day, it was a fast paced and colorful world with multiple choices to go, this feature was a game changer and added difficulty to the game and made peoples playthroughs different and added more reason to play. This game also had two different scores, your rings and your overall score.
1992
In 1992 Mortal Kombat was released, It used photo realistic character models which was a huge improvement to a fighting game, also it introduced a lot of violence finishers were you would execute your enemy in a brutal way. This game launched sequels and movies and made alot of money. This game implemented many combos which became a large thing in fighting games.
1993
In 1993 Star Fox was released, It was an improvement in graphics because the 3D was getting more advanced, the game was successful and made many sequel, Star Fox became a popular series and one of the first main 3D space ship shooters and still one of the most famous ones today.
1997
In 1997 Grand Theft Auto was released, This game modeled American cities and had lots of A.I roaming it, it was another intro to a violent game and you played as a criminal. This game was one of the first open world free roams were you had overall progress and side missions.
2000
In 2000 Perfect Dark was released, This was a a more evolved 3D graphic based game, it had versus battles with smarter A.I. This game was very popular and made a sequel with improved graphics and A.I. It also had improved character models and animations.
2001
In 2001 Halo was released, Halo was a advanced 3D future shooter and it revolutionized these type of games, It was so successful that sequels are still being made today. It also earned a lot of money for the Xbox.
2002
In 2002 Splinter Cell was released, Splinter cell was an advanced stealth game, using dynamic lighting and shadows as a huge part of the game, Splinter Cell was successful and launched many sequels with improved stealth mechanics each time.
2005
In 2005 Guitar Hero was released, It was a game with a guitar as a controller, it was a skill pattern game using real songs, It became successful fast and has a lot of sequels made on newer consoles, it also had improved 3D character models considering it was only a music game.
2007
In 2007 Bioshock was released, it was a grungy action adventure, although in an impossible world to create it was themed perfectly in a steam punk 90's. It had it's horror features but didn't concentrate on it. It was a popular game and had two more games made after it which were also successful.
2008
In 2008 Borderlands was released, Borderlands was a free roam action adventure, it had cell shaded graphics and a lot of randomly generated guns, it had skills and character customization. It had multiplayer and a big story, it made a sequel which was a huge improvement on the first.
2011
In 2011 Dead Island was released, It was a free roam zombie survival game, it was classed as a horror with very violent graphics, it was mainly made for multiplayer so single player was not as good as an experience
2013
In 2013 Grand Theft Auto V was released, IT was a huge improvement in graphics and A.I, it broke seven gaming world records in a week. The multiplayer was also an incredible success, although buggy at first, it was quickly fixed and played by millions.
In the film
district 9, the aliens who live on earth live in slums made from old junk
recycled for them, there are scrap piles and it is very easy to spot that they
build items from all the available scrap and junk, also there is one alien who
is smart enough to repair his technology with all the available scrap so he
takes advantage of this, it also makes everything in the slums look possible
and not exaggerated because of the recycling.
In the game
Borderlands 2 recycling is present everywhere, you can see every house and
structure is constructed by scrap found lying about, when roaming outside you
can see junk piles everywhere were the spare scrap looks to come from and some
of the parts in it you can recognize on the common scrap huts and some
buildings in the bigger areas, also the melee weapons some of the enemies look
like they’ve been put together with spare scrap and some tape as well the body armor some of them wear, but this really adds to the recycled junk look.
In the animation series Red vs Blue Sarge builds his Spanish robot Lopez out of all of the scrap and junk he has available to him, although Lopez doesn't turn out to be reliable or built well.
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